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Sat., Jan. 4 8:00a 5:00p Sun., Jan. 5 8:30a 11:00a Mon. Jan. 6 8:00a Tues. Jan. 7 8:00a Wed., Jan. 8 8:00a St. Elizabeth Ann Seton +Nick Cordetti (Margaret & Geno Moro) +Jerry Davanzo (Ruth Davanzo) The Epiphany of the Lord +Angela Moro (Husband) +Felice & Silvia Ciotola (Family) St. Andre Bessette +Joe Grotenrath (Mary Jo Grotenrath) St. Raymond of Penyafort +Corrine Jentgen (Jane Jentgen & Theresa Veremis)
Christmas Weekday Spec.Intention Farler/Newman Family (Rob & Krista Joseph) Thurs., Jan. 9 Christmas Weekday 8:00a +Helen Casasanta (Pat Feamster) Fri., Jan. 10 8:00a Sat., Jan. 11 5:00p Christmas Weekday +Norma Stratman (Family) Christmas Weekday +Louise Bartoline (Margaret Susi)
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Wednesday, Jan. 8 8:00a Mass-Church 10:30a Grieving Through the Holidays-PLC Thursday, Jan. 9 8:00a Mass - Church 7:30a R.C.I.A. Church-What Does It Mean to be Church? Friday, Jan. 10 8:00a $4,566.00 1,260.00 612.75 Sunday, Jan. 12 8:30a 9:30a 11:00a 11:00a 6:00p Mass - Church Religious Education K-5th-PLC Mass - Church CLOW-Church ImPact (6th-8th) - PLC
Sun., Jan. 12 The Baptism of the Lord 8:30a +Giovanni DiSante (M/M Vincent DiSante) 11:00a People of the Parish
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Saturday, Jan. 11 10:00a 1st Reconciliation (2nd Grade)-Church 5:00p Mass - Church
Total
$6,438.75
The St Vincent de Paul Society wishes to thank everyone who participated in the ornament tree program this year. We were able to provide Christmas gifts and dinners to 13 families. The receiving families also want to extend their sincere thanks to all of you. It is very gratifying to know that all of us have made a big difference in the lives of these families by sharing God's love.
There will be a blessing for Expectant Mothers following the 11:00a Mass today, Sunday, January 5.
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH EUCHARISTIC ADORATION will be held Monday, January 6 at 7:00a in the
Church. Arrive at 7:00a and stay through Mass or come for any portion.
MINISTRY SCHEDULES
e are a group of people bound by our belief in Jesus Christ. Through our baptism, we are called to share in His work. Therefore we pledge ourselves through the ideal of shared ministry to build a community where all are welcomed, loved, needed, and appreciated; to celebrate the gift of life together in word and sacrament; and to promote justice, peace and equality for all people. - Our Lady of Victory Mission Statement
PRAYER REQUESTS: Dorothy Lang, Eloise Miller, Elizabeth Rusnak, Irene Clay, Patricia Baumann, Patricia Sheehan, Eric Ray, Reid Hudson, Jada Brady, William Reed Orban, Jake Koch, Casey Browning, Eloise McAllister, Betsy Holland, Isabella Karst, Margaret Richards, Jim Young, Elizabeth Kessler, Beverly Daugherty, Andrew Johnson, Frank Michael, John Farrell, JoAnn Riepenhoff, Cynthia Carson, Mary Bass, Irene Pohlman, Steve Hall, Amy PetersThomas, Tom Silcott, Terry Lorenz, Mary Jo (Campbell) Ritzenthaler, Rich Miller. Please remember in your prayers others who are not on this list. (Please notify the parish office of any changes.)
Middle School Fun Night Kickoff will be Saturday, January 11th, 6:00-8:00PM. Location TBA. Well gather once a month for food, fun, faith and fellowship! For teens in grades 6th-8th. Contact Holly with any questions: youth@ourladyofvictory.cc/614.390.8653
Turn form & money into Parish Office, in a sealed envelope, by January 5, 2014. Contact Holly with questions.
A third place the star burns or at least is supposed to burn is in each of us. On the day of our baptism, our Godfathers lit our baptismal candles from the Easter Candle, which is the symbol of Christ the Light of the World. We were instructed by the priest who baptized us in Christs name to keep that light burning brightly. Were called to reflect Christs light so that others in seeing this light might come to Christ, its source. We are supposed to be stars drawing others toward the presence of Christ within us through grace, drawing others to follow our footsteps to the Eucharist, to the confessional, to the faith. But the question is: are we still burning with the light and the warmth of that rising star?
We turn now to Herod Herod was one of the most talented leaders the ancient world had ever seen. A great organizer and builder, he built all types of roads and public works and constructed the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the one which lasted until the Romans destroyed it in 70 AD. As talented as he was, however, he had an extraordinarily serious flaw, one that led him eventually to doing awful things: he wanted to be in control so much that he ended up committing great atrocities. He, who started off as a very religious king, ended up killing three of his own sons, whom he thought were looking a little too forward to eventually being kings themselves. We know what he did in order to try to kill Jesus: he massacred every boy under two in a whole geographical area. He became a mass murderer of the young and innocent rather than lose control over his kingdom. (Little did he know that Christ was not coming to take his job, but to found the kingdom of heaven). And at the end of his life, we see even more of the decay that was corroding his soul. Herod knew that people would celebrate rather than mourn his death and that thought filled him with rage. So he asked his advisors to prepare him a list of the most beloved people in and around the Holy City. They didnt quite know then why he made this request; maybe, they thought, he was trying to ingratiate himself with popular people to make himself more popular. After he had reviewed the list, he told his soldiers to round them up and put them in prison. And as his death approached, he gave orders that, on the moment he breathed his last, every single one of them be slain. They might not mourn BECAUSE of my death, he said, but they would at least cry AT my death. This was a man who, fearing not being in control of everything became capable of such great evil. What do we learn from the life of Herod that can help us in our own lives? We learn the incredible depths to which a human being can fall once he lets his fear of losing control over his life start to consume him and once he begins to make compromises with the moral law. Herod didnt start by terrible acts of mass murder. His fall from the devout religious observance of his youth began in little ways, when he resented not being in control around the house, with his family, with those around him. He stopped practicing the Jewish faith. He stopped going over to the temple he built to pray. He started to have concubines, women who werent his wives. He started to look on his temporal kingdom as the treasure worth sacrificing everything and everyone to maintain, rather than on God and his commandments as the true treasure. Little by little, all of these sins propelled him on the way of becoming the murderous tyrant he turned out to be. The same thing happens with us, too. The great saints have said that venial sins prepare us to commit mortal sins. And mortal sins become contagious and can become more serious with time, because every time we say, MY will, not thine, be done, we can become more capable of horrific sins. Many say these decisions to gradually increase their levels of sin were preceded by their gradual distancing from the practice of the faith. Whatever the individual cases may be, the point that we see in the life of Herod and in modern life is that sin even those sins we might consider small separates from God, and the longer we stay in separation, and the more we act out of a sinful habit and push ourselves away from God, the more likely it is that we can become capable of horrible sins like Herod. What is the antidote to this type of Herodian pattern? We see it clearly in the Wise Men They were wise, because they were searching for God, even when his signal was faint. They were wise because they were hungry to make the Lords wisdom their own. They were wise because they knew that whatever sacrifices they made even giving up probably three years of their life for the round-trip pilgrimage to Bethlehem, at great personal cost was a small price to pay in order to find the Lord. They were wise because when they found him in a manger, they gave him the best and most costly gifts they had: gold, frankincense and myrrh. And they were wise because they realized that not even that was enough. Their greatest gift to their infant Savior came when they dropped to their knees and gave him their hearts in adoration. The antidote to becoming like Herod is to become like the wise men, to have a hunger to make whatever sacrifices necessary to search for and find God, to follow the star that continues to burn, to base our lives on his wisdom, to be generous with God and give to him who has given us everything the best we have. The remedy is to adore Christ in all our actions. The same Jesus who was placed in the manger will soon be placed in your mouths or in your hands. The Eucharist is the pearl of great price, worth selling everything we have to obtain. The Mass is the continual manifestation of God, the on-going Epiphany. It is the new Bethlehem. This is where the new wise men and women, young and old, come with joy. This is where the new wise men and women depart, by another way, far away from Herod, changed by Christ forever. Fr. Landry is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, and serves as the executive editor of THE ANCHOR the newspaper of the Diocese of Fall River.
COMMUNITY NEWS
WINTER COUPLES RETREAT: Friday, January 10 January 11, 2014 Facilitated by Dan and Mary Ann Kerscher;"Apples and Oranges? Two Peas In A Pod?" Whichever you are as a couple: join us to explore ways to strengthen your relationship with each other and God. Arrive at 7:30p Friday evening and depart Saturday after the candlelight dinner at 5:00p. Cost is $120 per couple, includes overnight stay, breakfast, lunch and candlelight dinner; Sts. Peter and Paul Retreat Center, 2734 Seminary Rd. Newark, OH 43056. Visit our website at www.stspeterpaulretreatcenter.com, email us at info@stspeterandpaulretreatcenter.org or call (740) 9284246 to register today! Availability is limited.
THE 7TH ANNUAL COLUMBUS CATHOLIC WOMEN'S CONFERENCE will be held on Saturday, February 22,
2014 at the Ohio Expo Center Voinovich Building from 8:00a-4:00p. Speakers will include wife, mother, and author Kimberly Hahn who will speak on practical insights of how to apply the truths of our Faith to everyday life, Collegiate volleyball player Sr. Miriam James, SOLT desires to bring the power of God's love to life in the hearts of those with whom she speaks, and Olympic Cross Country Skier Rebecca Dussault who will speak on her experiences as an athletefaced with many challenges to her faith and morals. Please consider a ticket to the conference as a Christmas gift for the women in your life! Visit www.columbuscatholicwomen.com
JUBILEE MUSEUM PRESENTS Mangers at the Museum: Come see the large display of nativity sets from
around the world at the Jubilee Museum & Catholic Cultural Center 57 S. Grubb Street, Columbus; Open weekends through January 5 and Monday, January 6; Saturdays from 11:00a-3:00p; Sundays from 1:00p-4:00p. Other times by appointment only. Phone 614-221-4323, ext. 111 for more information or email: jubileemuseum1@gmail.net. The CATHOLIC RECORD SOCIETY, founded in 1974, is dedicated to preserving the history and bringing into better light the heroism of those who laid the foundation of today's Diocese of Columbus. The accomplishments of those early pioneers, despite tremendous hardships, is an inspiring and encouraging story for today's Catholic. The Society also supports the Diocesan Archives, which preserves the official records of the Diocese. Meetings are held quarterly. Society members receive a calendar year subscription to the monthly Bulletin, the Barquilla de la Santa Maria, which contains records and excellently written accounts and illuminations of the people and events of the historic Diocese of Columbus. The Society maintains a wide variety of materials and records and responds to individuals seeking genealogical information or historical information on the parishes, institutions, religious orders, and clergy of the Diocese of Columbus. Basic membership is $12 with digital Bulletin, $25 with paper Bulletin, and an Institutional Subscription is $35. Please send check or money order before January 31, 2014 to Catholic Record Society, 197 E. Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Also contact us by phone at 614-241-2571 or by email rsomail@colsdioc.org.
BISHOP READY EUCHRE EXTRAVAGANZA BASKETBALL FUNDRAISER: Join us Friday, January 10, 2014 at
Bishop Ready High School for a fun night of Euchre at the cost of $25/person, this includes 11 games of Euchre, food and soft drinks. Beer will be available to purchase as such this is a 21 and over event. Doors open at 6:30p and playing begins at 7:00p. Please contact Mary Beth Culbertson (614) 791-8861 to register or with any questions.
CLERGY WHO COOK returns to the Jessing Center at the Josephinum at 7:00 p.m. on January 31, 2014. Diocesan Clergy will again compete with their culinary favorites to be the Peoples Choice. Guests will vote with cash donations for their favorites. This popular event has sold out for the past 3 years. Cost is $40 per person; a cash beverage bar will be available. Reservations can be made online starting January 2: visit www.pcj.edu or call Carrie at 614-985-2234. Reservations will close when capacity is reached or on January 24, 2014.
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